Which of the following people was one of Sigmund Freud s instructors and believed that hypnosis could cure hysteria?

a. James Braid

b. Josef Breuer

c. Milton Erickson

d. Jean Martin Charcot

The correct answer is letter B, Josef Breuer was Sigmund Freud's instructor who believed that hypnosis can cure hysteria. He was an Austrian Physician that made discoveries in neurophysiology. He also developed the cathartic method that was responsible for the foundations of psychoanalysis that was eventually developed by Sigmund Freud.